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World Chess Championship 1981
The 1981 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Merano, Italy from October 1 to November 19, 1981. Karpov won with six wins against two, with 10 draws. The two players had already played against each other in the World Chess Championship match 1978 in the Philippines, when Karpov also won. 1979 Interzonal tournaments Two Interzonals were held in 1979, one in Riga and the other in Rio de Janeiro. : The Riga interzonal was won in dominant fashion by Tal, who went through the tournament undefeated ahead of Polugaevsky. They were joined in the Candidates Tournament by Adorján, whose better tie-break score in the main tournament put him ahead of Ribli, after the two drew a playoff in Budapest 3-3. The game between Gruenfeld and Bouaziz was not played, as part of the Arab boycott of Israeli sportspeople. Bouaziz forfeited and Gruenfeld received a point. : The Interzonal in Rio saw Portisch, Petrosian and Hübner share first pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Gheorghiu
Florin Gheorghiu (born 6 April 1944) is a Romanian Chess, chess player and has been a university lecturer in foreign languages. Born in Ploiești, on 6 April 1944, while the American bombers Bombing of Bucharest in World War II, attacked the country's capital, his prodigious talent for the game was evidenced by his many early achievements; he became an International Master in 1963 and Romania's first Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster just two years later. He earned the title of World Junior Chess Championship, World Junior Champion in 1963, at Vrnjacka Banja, and has been the national champion of Romania on nine occasions. Gheorghiu was a lecturer in French at the University of Bucharest and he also speaks English, Russian, German, and Spanish. Chess career When playing at his peak on the international tournament circuit, he was many times a winner. His victories included: Hastings International Chess Congress, Hastings 1967–68 (with Vlastimil Hort, Hort and Leonid Stein, Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Rodríguez (chess Player)
Ruben Rodríguez (7 December 1946 — 1995), was a Filipino chess International Master (IM) (1978), Asian Team Chess Championship winner (1979, 1981). Biography In the 1960s and 1970s Ruben Rodríguez was one of the strongest Filipino chess players. In 1973, in Chicago he shared 1st - 5th place in U.S. Open Chess Championship with Norman Weinstein, Walter Browne, Duncan Suttles, and Greg DeFotis. For a long time Ruben Rodríguez was considered the Philippines' best blitz player. Ruben Rodríguez two times participated in the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1979, at Interzonal Tournament in Riga ranked 18th place; * In 1981, at Interzonal Tournament in Moscow ranked 13th place. Ruben Rodríguez played for Philippines in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1968, at second reserve board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+5, =2, -3), * In 1970, at third board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+7, =7, -1), * In 1972, at third board in the 20th Chess Olympiad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Trois
Francisco Trois (3 September 1946 – 16 September 2020) was a Brazilian chess International Master and International Arbiter (1986). He was born in Canoas, and won the South American Chess Championship in 1978, in Tramandai, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He qualified for the Riga Interzonal in 1979, but finished with a disappointing result of +2 =6 -9. However, his two victories from that tournament were against strong grandmasters Florin Gheorghiu and Gennady Kuzmin. He represented Brazil in the Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...s in 1972, 1978 and 1982. References External links * * 1946 births 2020 deaths Brazilian chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess arbiters People from Canoas [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmar Mednis
Edmar John Mednis (; March 22, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American chess player and writer of Latvian origin. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1980. Biography Mednis' family were refugees in 1944 during World War II. As displaced persons, Edmar and his two sisters, with parents Edvin and Marita Mednis, were permitted to emigrate to the United States in 1950. Mednis was trained as a chemical engineer, then worked as a stockbroker, but became best known as a chess author. He wrote 26 chess books, including ''Practical Rook Endings'' (1982) and ''Strategic Chess: Mastering the Closed Game'' (1993), and hundreds of chess articles. He and Robert Byrne annotated many games for ''Chess Informant''. Mednis finished second in the 1955 World Junior Championship behind Boris Spassky (the two drew their game). He was the first player to beat Bobby Fischer in a U.S. Championship. He played on the 1962 US team at the 15th Chess Olympiad and finished equal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Bouaziz
Slim Bouaziz (born 16 April 1950) is a Tunisian chess Grandmaster (1993). Chess career From the late 1960s to the early 2000s, Slim Bouaziz was the leading African chess players. He won twice in Arab Chess Championships (1986, 1991). Slim Bouaziz is the only African chess to player to participate in 5 Interzonal Tournaments of the World Chess Championships: * In 1967 in Sousse ranked 22nd place; * In 1979 in Riga ranked 15th place; * In 1982 in Las Palmas ranked 12th place; * In 1985 in Tunis withdrew after six rounds, having drawn only one game and lost the rest; * In 1987 in Szirak ranked 17th place. In 1999, in Las Vegas Strip he participated in FIDE World Chess Championship 1999, where in first round lost Vasilios Kotronias. Slim Bouaziz was participant in many international chess tournaments where he won or shared first places in Belgrade (1977) and Bucharest (1992). Slim Bouaziz represented the Tunisian team in major team chess tournaments: * in Chess Olympiad p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Claudius Van Riemsdijk
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (born 26 August 1948) is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded the title International Master by FIDE in 1978. Van Riemsdijk was also granted the title of International Arbiter in 1981. Born in Tiel, the Netherlands, van Riemsdijk arrived in Brazil on 16 June 1958. He was Brazilian champion in 1970, 1973, and 1988, and Pan American champion in 1977. He played for Brazil in the Chess Olympiad eleven times (1972–1974, 1978–1984, 1988–1994, 1998) and in the Pan American Team Chess Championship three times (1971, 1985, 1991). He has written articles for several chess publications, and with Belgian chess player Willem Diederik Hajenius he co-authored the book ''Final Countdown'', a treatise on pawn endings. He has also been a second to Brazilian junior players, and has played as widely as New Zealand (where a brother lives) and Australia. His fluency in several languages helps. In 2018 van Riemsdijk was awarded the title of FIDE Trainer and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubomir Ljubojević
Ljubomir Ljubojević (; born November 2, 1950) is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1977 (tied) and 1982. Life and career Ljubojević was born on 2 November 1950 in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia (now Užice, Serbia). He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1970 and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1971. Ljubojević was Yugoslav champion in 1977 (jointly) and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship. In 1983 he was ranked third in the Elo rating list, but he never succeeded in reaching the Candidates Tournament stage of the World Championships. This was partly due to unsteadiness and opening experimentation. On his day he was a dangerous opponent to anyone but his lack of consistency prevented him from making a bigger impact on world championship events. He played for Yugoslavia in twelve Chess Olympiads, nine times on , with an overall result of 63.5% (+66−22=75). He won an individual gold medal on third board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehuda Gruenfeld
Yehuda Gruenfeld (; born 18 February 1956) is an Israeli chess player, who holds the title of grandmaster. Career He was born in Dzierżoniów, Poland. In 1974, Gruenfeld won the Israeli championship for youth players. In 1978, he tied for 2nd-5th in Skien. In 1978, he won in Gausdal. In 1979, he tied for 1st-2nd in Biel. In 1979, he took 2nd in the Lucerne Zonal. In 1979, he took 12th in the Riga Interzonal, won by Mikhail Tal. In 1980, he tied for 3rd-4th in Beer Sheva, tied for 2nd-8th in Lugano, tied for 2nd-4th in Gausdal, tied for 1st-4th in Oberwart, tied for 2nd-5th in Ramat Hasharon, and won in Biel. In 1981, he tied for 1st-3rd in Lugano, and won in New York. In 1982, Gruenfeld won the Israeli championship. In 1984, he won in Dortmund. In 1985, he was equal first with Maxim Dlugy and Dmitry Gurevich at the 13th World Open of Philadelphia (Dlugy won the play-off). In 1987, he won the Munich Zonal). In 1987, he tied for 8-11th in the Zagreb Interzonal, won by Vikt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tarjan
James Edward Tarjan (born February 22, 1952, in Pomona, California) is an American chess Grandmaster. Biography James Tarjan's father, George Tarjan (1912-1991), raised in Hungary, was a child psychiatrist. James Tarjan's older brother Robert became a computer scientist and mathematician. James Tarjan was 17 when he was selected to the American team for the 1969 World Students' Olympiad, at Dresden. He was a member of the winning American side at Haifa 1970, and was selected again at Graz 1972. He finished second at an invitational junior tournament at Norwich 1972, with 12/15, behind Hungarian Gyula Sax. He earned his International Master title in 1974, followed by the Grandmaster title in 1976. He played for the American team at five straight chess Olympiads. He began at Nice 1974, then played at Haifa 1976, Buenos Aires 1978, Valletta 1980, and Lucerne 1982. His best results in international tournaments include first at Subotica 1975, first at Vancouver 1976, and firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Miles
Anthony John Miles (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess player and the first Englishman to earn the International Grandmaster, Grandmaster title. Early and personal life Miles was born on 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham, and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham.Tony Miles ''The Guardian'', 14 November 2001 ''The Daily Telegraph'', 14 November 2001 He was married and divorced twice, and had no children. Miles's first wife was Jana Bellin, Jana Hartston, who had previously been married to William Hartston. Early chess career He learned the game of chess early in l ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
